Section: Africa&ME
German vice chancellor says Trump poses threat to peace and prosperity
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has criticised leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a right-wing populist whose political views pose a threat to peace and prosperity. The comments by Gabriel, economy minister and leader of the Social Democrats, are the clearest sign yet that ruling politicians in Europe are...
Maslul project to spur conversion in FSU before aliya
The state conversion course comprises 400 study hours, and conversion candidates in Russia and Ukraine would be able to complete as many as 180 hours before coming to Israel. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Palestinian indicted for plotting terror attacks in Ukraine against Israelis
Man was allegedly planning to blow up a bus full of Israeli tourists in Odessa, kidnap high-ranking IDF officer to Gaza, and arm ISIS operatives in Israel. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Two Kiev soldiers killed in east Ukraine fighting: spokesman
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces over the past 24 hours, a military spokesman in Kiev said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rejects French-German push for separatist polls
Normandy Four’s top diplomats failed to reach an agreement during meeting in Paris …read more Source: World...
In Russia: Ukrainian pilot to tell court: Free me or watch me starve to death
State prosecutors' allegations centre on Savchenko's conduct during the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, which pits pro-Kremlin rebels against the Ukrainian army. A Ukrainian woman pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists plans to tell a court to release her within 10 days of pronouncing its verdict or...
Families of MH370 passengers sue airline
Families of 12 passengers on Flight 370 sued the carrier and the government, ahead of the second anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. ||| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Families of 12 passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Friday sued the carrier and the government, ahead of a filing deadline next week on the second anniversary...
‘Free me or watch me starve to death’
A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists plans to tell a court to release her or she will starve herself to death. ||| Moscow – A Ukrainian woman pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists plans to tell a court to release her within 10 days of pronouncing its verdict or she will...
Paris talks on Ukraine yield no results
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on resolving the ongoing crisis in east Ukraine.According to Press TV, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin along with French and German foreign ministers in the French capital, Paris, on Thursday to discuss the...
Families of missing MH370 passengers sue airline as deadline nears
The families of 12 passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 filed suits against the airline on Friday before a two-year deadline for legal action expires. MH370 disappeared en route to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board. Multiple suits have been filed in the United States, Australian, Chinese and...
